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The Republic of Carlos Alcatraz

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The Republic of Carlos Alcatraz is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its burgeoning beaver population. The cynical population of 1.605 billion Carlos Alcatrazians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 23.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Carlos Alcatrazian economy, worth 64.9 trillion pounds a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,441 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, and Bambi has been banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Carlos Alcatraz's national animal is the beaver.

Carlos Alcatraz is ranked 170,506^th in the world and 4^th in New Alvarez Union for Lowest Crime Rates, with 59.26 law-abiding acts per hour.

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